It's my first go so I don't want to make any mistakes, I only want to spend £500 and will mostly play minecraft and host servers. I thought I'll make this, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2Zqdk but it says motherboard won't go with my case. Any suggestion to improve?
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veladem
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Sorry to change your whole build and all. Just a suggestion.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£81.83 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.73 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£136.99 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £479.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 17:56 GMT+0000)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£81.83 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.71 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.73 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£183.99 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £520.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 17:59 GMT+0000)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£81.83 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.73 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card (£136.99 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £479.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 17:56 GMT+0000)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£55.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88X Extreme6+ ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£81.83 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.71 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.73 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£183.99 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £520.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 17:59 GMT+0000)
veladem
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Well the second option will bottleneck a little, but, you can upgrade the CPU with the FM2+ board in the future, and with a very small OC it wont bottle neck too terrible much.
Option one is a little bit of a loss in terms of gaming at high res, but, the CPU isn't too much overkill, I have friends who still play BF4 on a 750K that's not even OC'd.
Option one is a little bit of a loss in terms of gaming at high res, but, the CPU isn't too much overkill, I have friends who still play BF4 on a 750K that's not even OC'd.
HiTechObsessed
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- Dec 3, 2013
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veladem, your CPU has much worse performance, with an equivalent GPU, and doesn't include an OS...
Here's what I put together, gets you the 270x which will be amazing, and includes a copy of Windows, all under your budget:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.00 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£35.78 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£159.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £498.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 18:03 GMT+0000)
Here's what I put together, gets you the 270x which will be amazing, and includes a copy of Windows, all under your budget:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.00 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£35.78 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£159.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £498.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 18:03 GMT+0000)
d00mdragon
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZTPK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZTPK/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZTPK/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.12 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $685.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 13:37 EST-0500)
here is what I came up with. Unfortunately I cant get it in the euros. So you will have to check that prices where you are at but a rough exchange puts the whole build at 410.50 pounds with the conversion. Not exact but a rough estimate.
I went with the gtx 660 better bang for the buck right now and a different mob that has 2 6g/b sata ports also the case I chose has usb 3.0 on the front so you can use that as well with this mob. Asrock is a really good brand for cheap builds. Also went windows 8.1.
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZTPK/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZTPK/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.12 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Mwave)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $685.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 13:37 EST-0500)
here is what I came up with. Unfortunately I cant get it in the euros. So you will have to check that prices where you are at but a rough exchange puts the whole build at 410.50 pounds with the conversion. Not exact but a rough estimate.
I went with the gtx 660 better bang for the buck right now and a different mob that has 2 6g/b sata ports also the case I chose has usb 3.0 on the front so you can use that as well with this mob. Asrock is a really good brand for cheap builds. Also went windows 8.1.
HiTechObsessed
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Windows 8 would be better long run, I just know a lot of people still prefer 7 so I throw that in. This build would actually probably do even better with Windows 8 
HiTechObsessed
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The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is a great aftermarket budget cooler. It will even allow for some moderate overclocking as well
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